Posting placenta photos on Facebook? Really?

A nursing student was expelled for posting photos posing with a patient’s placenta on Facebook. Now she’s suing — and the case could have repercussions for hospitals’ employee policies.  Read more

Top 10 health care stories of ’10

Here are the top 10 most read and discussed stories on HealthExecNews.com for 2010. Read more

Did doc do unneeded procedures for a free pig roast?

A doctor who’s been accused of implanting hundreds of unnecessary stents received millions in cash and other incentives from a stent manufacturer. Read more

Hospital’s grisly mix-up sends grieving parents a stranger’s remains

A phone call no hospital administrator wants to make: Telling parents that they just buried a stranger’s remains instead of their child. Read more

Toddler pricked by contaminated needles left on clinic floor

Apparently, leaving a bio hazard bin with a broken top on the floor of an exam room is a bad idea. Read more

False positive leads hospital to call mom an addict; state takes newborn

A soon-to-be-mom’s mistimed snack and a hospital’s too-aggressive stance on drug testing add up to one messy lawsuit. Read more

‘If I don’t get a break, someone could die’

A nurses’ group just filed lawsuits against four hospitals, claiming their practices of cutting nurses’ breaks short are endangering nurses and patients. Read more

Court ruling lets California nurses administer anesthesia without supervision

Nurses just won another battle to give them more autonomy in the operating room. Some experts don’t think they should have it. Read more

Nurse sues employer after missed infection leads to amputations

A missed bacterial infection led to sepsis in an experienced nurse — and the amputation of her nose, both legs and most of her fingers. Up next: A major lawsuit. Read more

Woman sues after two years of treatment for non-existent cancer

Learning you don’t have cancer is usually good news — but after two years of tortuous treatment for a disease she didn’t have, this patient is suing for big money.  Read more

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